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CG no. 221 + CG no. 231 + CG no. X01 (= HL J9)

Metadata

Collection
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
Genre
  • Name List
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation/Acquisition
Locus
Check notes in Lozachmeur/FM DB for each piece. Some items were acquired at the site. Others found. The X and Y collections are very problematic with regard to provenance.
Acquired
Clermont-Ganneau [1906–1911]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
clay | sherd (for ostracon)
Palimpsest?
true
Text Direction Side 1
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313105.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 221.

“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Lozachmeur, Hélène. La collection Clermont-Ganneau: ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois. 2 vols. Mémoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 35. Paris: de Boccard, 2006.
Textual Notes
The document is a palimpsest of originally now illegible names. 

cv 2: Dušek, "Review," 119. cv 8: was first written with a different name then erased.

Text and Translation

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

⸢Za⸣kkûr son of ⸢Mešullam(et?)⸣
⸢ˀÔ⸣šeˁa son of ˁA⸢nan⸣[ya]⸢h⸣
◦◦◦◦◦ ⸢son of⸣ ...
... [son of ...]
...⸢son of⸣ ...
⸢Mî⸣k⸢aˀ son of⸣ ...
⸢Za⸣kkûr son of ⸢Mešullam⸣
...
Šillem son of Mešullam
Gaddûl son of Yigdal ⸢son of⸣
Me⸢šu⸣lla⸢k⸣ son of ˁAnanî
M[◦◦◦ son of ]ˀÔšeˁa
◦◦◦ son of ⸢H⸣ôša⸢ˁya⸣h
Baˁadî son of Gaddûl
Gemaryah son of ˀAḥyôˀ
Natan son of Yaˀazan
⸢Ge⸣maryah ⸢son of ˀAḥyôˀ⸣
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Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 221 + CG no. 231 + CG no. X01 (= HL J9).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10958. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.